CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF PHILIPP HENRY BERGMANN
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FRONT SIDE OF OBITUARY CARD IN ENGLISH:
"They that instruct others unto justice, shal shine likes stars for all eternity."
[Cross with a crown of thorns and the word PATIENCE in the center.]
"Let us weep for the dead rather as for one absent than as for one lost;
let us look for him where he is, near the throne of God."
-- St. Jerome
BACK SIDE OF OBITUARY CARD IN GERMAN:
Bum frommen Andenken
an den wohlachtbarn herrn
Philipp Bergmann,
zu
St. James, Nebraska.
Geboren den 16ten Marz 1830, zu Jaden-
bach, Pfarrei Eitorg, verheirathet mit Anna
Kath. Satorius 1870, feit Fruhjarh 1871 in
Amerika, farb er nach zweijahrigem Leiden,
unermartet dursh einen Herzishlag am 27ten
September 1891. Seine 15 Geschwister find
ihm bereits in die Emigteit vorangegangen.
Er hinterlaft eine trauvernde Mittme mit 10
Kindern.
Bedenfet jeiner bein hl. Opfer und Bebet.
Moge er ruhen in Frieden.
TRANSLATION:
For Pious (religious) rememberance
of the respectable Mister
Philipp Bergman
of St. James, Nebraska
Born the 16th of March 1830 in Jackenbach
Parish Eitorf, married to Anna.
Kath. Satorius in 1870, coming to America in
1871. He died after two years of sickness from an
unexpected heart attack on September 27, 1891.
He was preceded into eternity by his 14 siblings.
He leaves behind a mournful widow with 10 children.
Think of him during the holdy sacrifice and prayers.
May he rest in peace.
FROM OBITUARY CARD - ORIGINAL IN GERMAN